2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying, Play-off and repechage qualification
Following the regional tournaments, the next qualification play-off was a home and away series between Germany (as Europe 2) and Samoa (as Oceania 3). Samoa won both matches and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, while Germany continued to the repechage tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying, Play-off and repechage qualification
The elimination play-off was a home and away series between Hong Kong (as Asia 1) and Cook Islands (as Oceania 4). The Cook Islands team was eliminated with Hong Kong winning both matches to advance to the repechage tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying, Play-off and repechage qualification
Four teams took part in the repechage process for the final spot at the World Cup. Unlike previous repechages, the teams played in a round-robin tournament, where all teams played each other once. The repechage tournament was hosted at the neutral venue of the Stade Delort in Marseille, France in November 2018.


2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying, Play-off and repechage qualification
Final standings (continental qualifying path and world ranking of each team before the tournament is shown in brackets):


2019 Rugby World Cup squads
The 2019 Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union tournament to be held in Japan from 20 September until 2 November 2019. Twenty national teams will compete, and each will bring a 31-man squad containing no regulated number of players per-position to the tournament. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, to whom each team submitted their finalised squad by 8 September 2019. A player may be replaced for medical or compassionate reasons, but would be unable to return to the squad. Any replacement player has an enforced stand-down period of 48 hours before they can take the field.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads
The age listed for each player is on 20 September 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Overview
Below is a table listing all the head coaches and captains for each nation.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Ireland
Ireland announced a 31-man squad for the tournament on 2 September 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Ireland
1 On 29 September, Jordi Murphy replaced Jack Conan, who suffered a foot injury in training.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Ireland
2 On 16 October, Rob Herring replaced Seán Cronin following an injury.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Japan
Japan named a 41-man training squad for the tournament on 15 August 2019, before confirming their final 31-man squad on 29 August.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Russia
Russia named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 1 September.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Samoa
Samoa named a 34-man training squad for the tournament on 23 August 2019, before reducing it to a final 31 on 31 August.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Samoa
1 On 9 September, Pele Cowley replaced Scott Malolua, who suffered a knee injury in Samoa's final warm-up match.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Samoa
2 On 26 September, Alamanda Motuga joined the squad in Japan after Afa Amosa sustained an injury in Samoa's opening match.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Scotland
Scotland named an initial 42-man training squad on 7 May 2019. The final 31-man squad for the tournament was confirmed on 3 September.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Scotland
1 On 23 September, Magnus Bradbury replaced Hamish Watson, after he suffered a knee injury in the team's opening match against Ireland.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool A, Scotland
2 On 24 September, Henry Pyrgos replaced Ali Price, after he suffered a foot injury in the team's opening match against Ireland.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Canada
Canada named a 42-man training squad for the tournament on 20 August 2019. The final 31-man squad was named on 3 September 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Canada
1 On 10 September, Justin Blanchet was replaced by Josh Larsen in the World Cup squad following an injury sustained in Canada's final warm-up match.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Canada
2 On 27 September, injured centres Nick Blevins and Ben LeSage were replaced in the squad by Giuseppe du Toit and Theo Sauder.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Canada
3 On 3 October, Kainoa Lloyd joined the squad as an injury replacement for Taylor Paris.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Italy
Italy named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 18 August 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Italy
1 On 8 October, Giosuè Zilocchi and Danilo Fischetti joined the Italian squad following injuries to Simone Ferrari and Marco Riccioni.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, Namibia
Namibia named a 31-man squad for the tournament on 2 September.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, New Zealand
New Zealand named their 31-man squad on 28 August 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, New Zealand
1 On 13 September 2019, Shannon Frizell was named as replacement for Luke Jacobson, who was ruled out of the competition due to delayed onset of concussion.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, South Africa
South Africa named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 26 August 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, South Africa
1 On 23 September, Thomas du Toit replaced Trevor Nyakane, after he injured his calf in the team's opening match against New Zealand.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool B, South Africa
2 On 1 October, Damian Willemse replaced Jesse Kriel, after he was injured the team's opening match against New Zealand.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Argentina
Argentina named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 19 August 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Argentina
1 On 6 October, Gonzalo Bertranou replaced Tomás Cubelli after he was injured in Argentina's game against England.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, England
On 12 August, England became the first team to announce their 31-man squad for the tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, England
1 Ben Spencer was called up on 27 October as an injury replacement for Willi Heinz.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France
On 18 June 2019, head coach Jacques Brunel named a 37-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches. On 10 July 2019, Paul Willemse had to withdraw from the team due to injury; he was replaced by Romain Taofifénua. On 20 July 2019, Cyril Baille was called up to replaced the injured Étienne Falgoux.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France
France named their final 31-man squad for the tournament on 2 September 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France
1 On 22 September, Wesley Fofana withdrew from the squad due to injury, and was replaced by Pierre-Louis Barassi.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France
2 On 29 September, Cedate Gomes Sa was called up to replace the injured Demba Bamba.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France
3 On 4 October, Christopher Tolofua was called up to replace the injured Peato Mauvaka.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, France
4 On 4 October, Vincent Rattez was called up to replace the injured Thomas Ramos.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Tonga
Tonga announced their 31-man squad for the tournament on 1 September 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, Tonga
1 On 24 September, Kurt Morath and Nafi Tuitavake were ruled out for the remainder of the tournament following injuries sustained in Tonga's opening match against England. Latiume Fosita and Fetuli Paea replaced them.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, United States
On 13 June, the United States named a 50-man extended training squad ahead of the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup in preparation for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. On 19 June, Samu Manoa retired from international rugby and withdrew from the squad.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, United States
On 8 September, USA were the last side to name their 31-man squad.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool C, United States
1 On 1 October, David Ainu'u was ruled out for the remainder of the tournament following an injury sustained in the United States' opening match against England, Chance Wenglewski replaced him.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Australia
Australia named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 23 August 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Fiji
Fiji named an initial 32-man squad for the tournament on 16 August 2019, before reducing it to the final 31 on 3 September.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Fiji
1 On 5 September, prop Lee Roy Atalifo replaced Kalivati Tawake, who suffered a knee injury.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Georgia
Georgia announced their 31-man squad for the tournament on 2 September 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Uruguay
Uruguay named their 31-man squad for the tournament on 30 August 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Wales
Wales announced their 31-man squad for the tournament on 1 September 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Wales
1 On 24 September 2019 Cory Hill withdrew from the squad having failed to recover from injury and he was replaced by Bradley Davies.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool D, Wales
2 On 22 October 2019 Josh Navidi withdrew from the squad having failed to recover from injury and he was replaced by Owen Lane.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Statistics
All statistics relate to the initial 31-man squads named prior to the start of the tournament on 20 September 2019 and do not include players who joined a squad during the tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Statistics, Player representation by club
The 620 participating players, 20 players unattached, represent 144 different club sides, the club sides with the most players selected are below:


2019 Rugby World Cup squads, Statistics, Players representation by league
* Namibia's Welwitschias most recently played in South Africa's 2019 Rugby Challenge but do not appear in a regular league as such.


2019 Rugby World Cup statistics
This article documents the statistics of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which was held in Japan from 20 September to 2 November.


2019 Rugby World Cup statistics
Russia's Kirill Golosnitsky scored the first try of the tournament and Kotaro Matsushima of Japan scored the first hat-trick of the tournament. Camille Lopez of France scored the first drop goal of the tournament. Dan Biggar of Wales scored the fastest drop goal in Rugby World Cup history, after only 35 seconds in a pool match, Cobus Reinach of South Africa scored the fastest hat-trick ever, scoring his 3rd try after only 20 minutes in the pool stage.


2019 Rugby World Cup statistics, Team statistics
The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.


2019 Rugby World Cup statistics, Hat-tricks
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.


2019 Rugby World Cup statistics, Discipline, Red cards
A record fifth red card for a Rugby World Cup was issued, surpassing the four given out in 1995 and 1999. In total, eight red cards were issued during the tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup statistics, Discipline, Citing/bans
For the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Citing Commissioner Warnings carry the same weight as a yellow card.


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
In 2019, some rugby union national teams played matches in preparation for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The matches saw New Zealand lose top spot in the World Rugby Rankings, initially to Wales, and eventually to Ireland.


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 10 August
Assistant referees:Tom Foley (England)Mike Adamson (Scotland)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 11 August
Assistant referees:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Alexandre Ruiz (France)Television match official:Brian MacNeice (Ireland)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 17 August
Assistant referees:Mathieu Raynal (France)Alexandre Ruiz (France)Television match official:Brian MacNeice (Ireland)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 17 August
Assistant referees:Andrew Brace (Ireland)Pierre Brousset (France)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 17 August
Assistant referees:Wayne Barnes (England)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 24 August
Assistant referees:Andrew Brace (Ireland)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 24 August
Assistant referees:Jérôme Garcès (France)Alexandre Ruiz (France)Television match official:Philippe Bonhoure (France)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 30 August
Assistant referees:Luke Pearce (England)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 31 August
Assistant referees:Nick Briant (New Zealand)Cam Stone (New Zealand)Television match official:Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 31 August
Assistant referees:Jérôme Garcès (France)Karl Dickson (England)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 31 August
Assistant referees:Ben Whitehouse (Wales)Pierre Brousset (France)Television match official:Trevor Fisher (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 6 September
Assistant referees:Mike Fraser (New Zealand)Graham Cooper (Australia)Television match official:Shane McDermott (New Zealand)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 6 September
Assistant referees:Andrew Brace (Ireland)Karl Dickson (England)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 6 September
Assistant referees:Jérôme Garcès (France)Frank Murphy (Ireland)Television match official:Brian MacNeice (Ireland)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 7 September
Assistant referees:Damon Murphy (Australia)Jordan Way (Australia)Television match official:James Leckie (Australia)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 7 September
Assistant referees:Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)Cam Stone (New Zealand)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 7 September
Assistant referees:Wayne Barnes (England)Luke Pearce (England)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, Matches, 7 September
Touch judges:Mike Adamson (Scotland)Sean Gallagher (Ireland)Television match official:Olly Hodges (Ireland)


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification
Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for Africa Rugby began in June 2016, with 14 teams competing. On 18 August 2018, Namibia qualified for the World Cup by winning the 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, defeating Kenya, who finished second and advanced to the repechage tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Format
The Africa Cup, controlled by Rugby Africa (CAR), will be the regional qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup 2019.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Format
The first qualifying round was the 2016 1B and 1C Divisions. The winner of Division 1C was promoted to 1B and the second round of qualifying, while the team placed bottom in 1B was relegated and eliminated from Rugby World Cup contention.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Format
Similarly, 2017 saw Divisions 1A (Gold Cup) and 1B (Silver Cup) act as Round 2. The winner of the 2017 Silver Cup advanced to the Gold Cup for 2018 and remain in contention, while the loser of the 2017 Gold Cup was relegated to the 2018 Silver Cup and eliminated from Rugby World Cup contention.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Format
In Round 3, the winners of the 2018 Gold Cup will qualify for the World Cup as 'Africa 1', while the runner-up, 'Africa 2' will advance to the Repechage tournament as the African representative.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Entrants
Fourteen teams competed during for the 2019 Rugby World Cup – African qualification; teams world rankings are prior to the first African qualification match on 12 June 2016 and bold nations denotes teams have previously played in a Rugby World Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Round 1
The first round consisted of ten matches between 10 teams. The winner of the Africa Cup Division 1C, Morocco, advanced to the second round and was promoted to division 1B for 2017, while the two winners of division 1B, Senegal and Tunisia, advanced to division 1A.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Round 1, Round 1A: 2016 Africa Cup Division 1B
Africa Cup Division 1B was contested by six teams, in a two-group round-robin tournament. Pool 1 was held in Monastir, Tunisia, while Pool 2 was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The team with the worst record was relegated to Division 1C in 2017, and thus eliminated from qualification.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Round 1, Round 1A: 2016 Africa Cup Division 1B, Final
The two pool winners contested the final, with both teams advancing to the 2017 Africa Gold Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Round 1, Round 1B: 2016 Africa Cup Division 1C
Africa Cup Division 1C was contested by three teams in a round-robin tournament. Cameroon were meant to compete but withdrew from the tournament after it was rescheduled for a later date. The tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Round 2
The second round will see the five highest finishers of the six teams in the Gold Cup, Kenya, Namibia, Tunisia, Uganda and Zimbabwe, progress to the 2018 Gold Cup, with the last place side, Senegal, relegated to the Silver Division and eliminated from World Cup qualification. The Winner of Silver Cup, Morocco, was the first team to earn their place in the 2018 Gold Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Round 2, Round 2B: 2017 Africa Silver Cup
The 2017 Africa Silver Cup was contested by four teams in a knockout format. The tournament was held in Casablanca, Morocco.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification, Round 3: 2018 Africa Gold Cup
Six teams will contest the 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup and the final round of the African qualification, with the winner qualifying as Africa 1. The second placed team, Africa 2, will advance to the repechage tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification
Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for the Americas began in March 2016, where across 3 years, 20 teams competed for two direct qualification spots into the final tournament, and one spot in the Repechage tournament. For qualification purposes, the two Americas regions Rugby Americas North and Sudamérica Rugby formed the Americas region to compete for the two Americas berths in the World Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification
One team in the Americas zone, Argentina, qualified automatically after reaching the semi-finals of the 2015 World Cup. The United States and Uruguay qualified as Americas 1 and Americas 2 respectively, while Canada moved to the Repechage tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Format
The qualification process for the Americas region was a four-round process, the same process used for the 2015 Americas qualification.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Format
Round 1 took place in 2016. Two pre-existing competitions, the Rugby Americas North Championship and the South American Rugby Championship Division B served as qualification tournaments, designated as Round 1A and Round 1B respectively. Round 1A was formed by the nine World Rugby members in RAN who were separated into two zones, a south and north zone.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Format
The bottom placed team from the 2015 tournament, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had to play the returning team to the tournament, Jamaica, to earn the right to compete in the main tournament, with the winner of the qualifier match joining the south zone. The winners of each zone then competed in the Championship final, who thereby progressed to the Round 1 final. The other round 1 finalist was the winner of Round 1B, the 2016 South American Rugby Championship "B", where the winner of Round 1 advanced through to Round 2.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Format
Round 2 also took place in 2016, with the 2016 South American Rugby Championship "A" forming Round 2A. The team placed bottom at the end of the Championship, played the winner of Round 1 in a promotion/relegation playoff to earn a place in the 2017 CONSUR Rugby Championship "A" competition and progress to Round 3.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Format
Round 3 took place in 2017, with the top Sudamérica Rugby division, 2017 South American Rugby Championship "A", forming Round 3A. The winner of that round, advanced to Round 4. Round 3B was formed by a home-and-away play-off series between the top two non-automatic Americas qualifiers, Canada and the United States, where the winner of the play-off series qualified for the World Cup as Americas 1. The loser advanced to Round 4.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Format
Round 4 took place in early 2018, matching the winner of Round 3A and the loser of 3B against each other in a home and away play-off. The winner of this round on aggregate, qualified as Americas 2. The loser moved to the Repechage tournament as Americas 3 for a second chance to qualify.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Entrants
Twenty teams competed during for the 2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification; teams world rankings are prior to the first Americas qualification match on 5 March 2016 and bold nations denotes teams have previously played in a Rugby World Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 1, Round 1A: 2016 Rugby Americas North Championship
The qualifying match between Jamaica and St Vincent and the Grenadines was the first qualifying match for the 2019 tournament, three-and-a-half years before the start of the tournament. Jamaica defeated St Vincent and the Grenadines 48–0, eliminating them from qualifying. The match was played in front of a record crowd of 1,000 at Arnos Vale Sports Complex, and was refereed by Nigel Owens who had refereed the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final. The victory boosted Jamaica to a World Rugby ranking of 72, their highest ever.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 1, Round 1A: 2016 Rugby Americas North Championship, South Zone
1Jamaica forfeited their match due to a lack of available players.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 1, Round 1B: 2016 CONSUR Rugby Championship B, 2016 CONSUR Rugby Championship B
The 2016 South American Rugby Championship "B" was held in October 2016 and hosted by Peru in Lima.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 3, Round 3B: United States v Canada Home & Away playoffs
The United States, as winners, qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Canada, as runners-up, qualify for the Americas repechage play-off.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 3, Round 3B: United States v Canada Home & Away playoffs
Touch judges:Andrew Brace (Ireland)Shuhei Kubo (Japan)Television match official:Sean Davey (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 3, Round 3B: United States v Canada Home & Away playoffs
Touch judges:Ben Whitehouse (Wales)Shuhei Kubo (Japan)Television match official:Sean Davey (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 4: Americas Repechage play-off
Uruguay, as winners, qualify for the Rugby World Cup, their first time without an international play-off. Canada, as runners-up, qualify for the Repechage qualifying tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 4: Americas Repechage play-off
Touch judges:Kurt Weaver (United States)Derek Summers (United States)Television match official:Marc Nelson (United States)


2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Round 4: Americas Repechage play-off
Touch judges:Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Pablo de Luca (Argentina)Television match official:Santiago Borsani (Argentina)


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification
Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for Asia Rugby began in May 2016 and ended in early June 2018, where the winner of the qualification process advanced to a cross-regional play-off series against the winner of Round 2 of the Oceania qualification process in June 2018.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Format
The Asia Rugby Championship, governed by Asia Rugby, was the regional qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup 2019, with Divisions 2, 1 and the Top 3 being involved in the process. The teams that competed in the 2016 Divisions 1 and 2 acted as Round 1 qualifiers, with the winner of Division 2 being promoted to Division 1, for the second regional qualification round in 2017. While the teams that competed in Division 1, contested against each other to earn the right to remain in Division 1 for the second regional qualification round, with the team placed bottom being eliminated from Rugby World Cup contention.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Format
2017 saw Division 1 act as the main qualification tournament, where the winner advanced to Round 3 joined Hong Kong and South Korea in the top flight division.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Format
In 2018, the winner of the 2018 Asia Rugby Championship, Round 3, advanced to the cross-regional playoff series against Oceania 4 for a repechage berth.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Entrants
Ten teams competed during for the 2019 Rugby World Cup – Asian qualification; teams world rankings are prior to the first Asian qualification match on 8 May 2016 and bold nations denotes teams have previously played in a Rugby World Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Round 1
The first round consisted of ten matches between 8 teams. The winner of the Asian Rugby Championship Division 2 (Round 1A), United Arab Emirates, advanced to the second round and was promoted to division 1 for 2017, while the bottom placed team in division 1 (Round 1B), Singapore, was relegated and thus eliminated from Rugby World Cup contention.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Round 1
On 10 April 2015, Kazakhstan who were meant to compete in the 2016 Asian Rugby Championship Division 1 (Round 1B) withdrew from the competition and Rugby World Cup contention. Singapore were therefore promoted up to Division 1 and Thailand replaced Singapore in Division 2.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Round 1, Round 1A: 2016 Asian Rugby Championship Division 2
The 2016 Asian Rugby Championship Division 2 tournament was contested by four teams in a knockout format. The tournament was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Round 1, Round 1B: 2016 Asian Rugby Championship Division 1
The 2016 Asian Rugby Championship Division 1 tournament was contested by four teams in a round robin format. The tournament was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Round 2: 2017 Asian Rugby Championship Division 1
The 2017 Asian Rugby Championship Division 1 tournament was held in Ipoh, Malaysia, in a round-robin format.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, Round 3: 2018 Asia Rugby Championship
As the winner of this round, Hong Kong advances to a Cross-regional play-off series against Oceania 4, Cook Islands to earn a berth in the Repechage tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for European Rugby began in September 2016, where 5 teams are competing for one direct qualification spot into the final tournament, and a further 26 teams competing, alongside the initial 5 teams, for a place in the Europe/Oceania play-off and or repechage.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
The qualification process came to a chaotic conclusion when 3 of the 5 teams in the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Rugby Europe Championship were effectively disqualified for fielding ineligible players. As a result, Russia qualified for the World Cup and Germany advanced to a playoff against Portugal for a place in the repechage process.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Format
The Rugby Europe Championship, controlled by Rugby Europe, is the regional qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup 2019, with the Championship, Trophy and Conference 1 and 2 being involved in the process.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Format
The 2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships form the majority of qualification matches for the European region. The respective winners of Round 1A and 1B, Rugby Europe Conference 2 North and South, will progress to the Round 1 Final. The overall winner of Round 1, will advance to the Round 3, where they will play against the winner of Round 2, Conference 1. The winner of Round 3 will play against the winner of the 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy tournament in the Round 4 Final, where the winner of that final will parachute down to Round 6 - the European Final Play-off.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Format
The winner of Round 5, which is an aggregate table of the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championship's, will qualify for the World Cup as Europe 1, the runner-up will advance to Round 6.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Format
Round 6 will see the winner of Round 4 and the runner-up of Round 5 face against each other in a one-off play-off match, the higher ranked team hosting at the time of teams decided, to earn the right to progress to a home and away Cross-Regional play-off series against the third placed team from Oceania, Oceania 3.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Entrants
Thirty one teams competed during for the 2019 Rugby World Cup – European qualification; teams world rankings are prior to the first European qualification match on 3 September 2016.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Round 3
The Czech Republic, as winners, qualify for the final of round 4.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Round 4, Round 4 Final
This fixture, unlike previous knock out fixtures, doubles as part of the Rugby Europe Trophy competition. Portugal, as winners, advance to round 6.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Round 5, Table
For the Rugby Europe Championship teams, results are considered on a 2-year aggregate from the 2017 and 2018 seasons (excluding matches involving Georgia, who had already qualified). The winner advanced to the Rugby World Cup and the runner-up advanced to the Round 6 play-off.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Round 5, Table
World Rugby received complaints against all five teams of fielding ineligible players, in breach of Regulation 8, during the qualification process. The neutral panel cleared Germany and Russia of the alleged ineligible players, but found Belgium, Romania and Spain guilty of breaching Regulation 8. The panel determined that each nation would be deducted 5 points for each game they had fielded an ineligible player, regardless of if more than one ineligible player had been fielded.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Round 5, Table
The investigation found that Belgium and Romania had fielded ineligible players 6 times (a deduction of 30 points) and Spain 8 times (a deduction of 40 points) during the qualification process. This meant, with the deducted points for the respective nations, Russia would qualify ahead of Romania and Germany would advance to the play-offs ahead of Spain. On 29 May 2018, it was confirmed that both Romania and Spain had appealed the decision. On 6 June, the appeal failed and the decision was upheld meaning Russia was confirmed as Europe 1 and qualified for the World Cup, whilst Germany advanced to round 6.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification, Round 5, Matches
As the bottom-placed team in the 2017 Championship, Belgium faced the 2016/17 Trophy champions Portugal in a Promotion/Relegation play-off. While the game did not effect Portugal's World Cup qualification chances, as they were still to compete in the round 4 final at the time, Belgium were competing to stay in the European Championship and therefore the qualifying tournament. On 20 May 2017, Belgium defeated Portugal to remain in contention.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification
Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for Oceania Rugby began in June 2016, where across 2 years, 3 teams competed for two direct qualification spots from Oceania. Two places were available to Oceania in a cross-regional play-off series' to qualify for the World Cup and or advance through the Repechage.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification
Two teams from the Oceania region, New Zealand and Australia, qualified automatically for the 2019 World Cup by finishing in the top 12 in the 2015 World Cup. Fiji and Tonga qualified by finishing first and second (on aggregate) in the 2016 and 2017 Pacific Nations Cup competitions. Samoa advanced to the cross regional play-off where they would play a team from Europe for a place in the World Cup; the loser would move to the Repechage.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification
Tahiti won the 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup to advance to the second cross regional play-off, but were disqualified in March 2018 after a World Rugby investigation found they had fielded two ineligible players in their match against the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands were then declared winner of the Oceania Rugby Cup and will advance to the regional playoff to play a team from Asia for a place in the Repechage.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, Format
In addition to the two automatically qualified teams (Australia and New Zealand), Oceania had been allocated two further direct berths in the tournament. A third and fourth team from Oceania could join the tournament through cross-regional play-offs and the repechage.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, Format
The first round saw the leading three Pacific Nations; Fiji, Samoa and Tonga compete for the two direct qualification spots as Oceania 1 and 2. The three teams played each other home and away across two years, using the revamped World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup in 2016 and 2017 as the regional tournament. The top two teams gained qualification for Rugby World Cup 2019 as Oceania 1 and Oceania 2.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, Format
The third-placed team then advanced to a home and away Cross-Regional play-off series against the winners of round 6 in the European regional qualifiers, Europe 2.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, Format
Round 2, saw the lower ranked teams in the Pacific region compete for the 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup title, where the winner progressed to a home and away Cross-Regional play-off series against the winner of round 3 in the Asian regional qualifiers, Asia 1. The winner of that series will qualify for a position in the Repechage tournament.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, Entrants
Five teams competed during for the 2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification; teams world rankings are prior to the first European qualification match on 11 June 2016 and bold nations denotes teams have previously played in a Rugby World Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, Round 2: 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup
The Cook Islands, as winners, advance to the Asia/Oceania play-off for repechage.


2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification, Round 2: 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup
Despite Tahiti winning the match on 5 August 2017, the result was overturned on 23 March 2018, and Tahiti were ejected from qualifying after being found to have breached player eligibility regulations in the Oceania Cup clash. Cook Islands therefore progressed.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications
For the 2019 Rugby World Cup, there were several play-off matches during the qualification process in order to determine which nations would compete in the Repechage. Canada, who failed to be one of the three teams to advance from the Americas qualification process, despite being the third highest ranked team in the Americas, emerged from the repechage process in November 2018 to become the final team to qualify for the World Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Format, Europe/Oceania
The qualification play-off was a home and away series between Europe 2 and Oceania 3. Europe 2, Germany, was the winner of Round 6 of the European qualification process, while Oceania 3, Samoa, was the third best team of Round 1 of the Oceania qualification process. The winner of this home and away play-off on aggregate qualified to the World Cup as the play-off winner. The loser gained another chance via the World Repechage.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Format, Repechage, Asia/Oceania
Prior to the repechage final, Asia 1 and Oceania 4 played-off in a home and away series for the final place. Asia 1 was the winner of Round 3 of the Asian qualification process, while Oceania 4 is Cook Islands. The Cook Islands advanced to the next stage of qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after Tahiti, the winner of Round 2 of the Oceania qualification process, were found to have breached player eligibility regulations in their Oceania Cup clash the previous year. The winner of this home and away play-off on aggregate, qualified for a place in the World Repechage, while the loser missed out on World Cup qualification.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Format, Repechage, Final tournament
The 2019 Rugby World Cup repechage tournament was hosted by a neutral venue: the Pierre-Delort Stadium in Marseille, France. In previous years, the repechage, a last-chance opportunity to qualify for the Rugby World Cup, has followed a knock-out format in line with the rest of the qualification process. The 2019 edition, however, was a round-robin tournament between four teams held during the November test window. Africa and the Americas were guaranteed a repechage place, with the runner-up of the African qualification round 3 (Africa 2) and the losing side of the Americas Repechage play-off gaining positions.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Format, Repechage, Final tournament
The final two places were decided through the above cross-regional play-offs, with the loser of the Europe/Oceania play-off (Europe 2 or Oceania 3) getting another shot at qualification in the repechage, and the winner of the Asia/Oceania play-off for repechage, advancing to the repechage, with no direct place for an Asian team or the lower ranked teams in Oceania. The winner of the World Repechage qualified for the World Cup as the play-off winner (or Repechage 2).


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Teams
Six teams progressed to the regional and Repechage play-offs for the final two non-regional seeds in the World Cup; teams world rankings are as per date progressing to the play-off phase and bold nations denotes teams had previously played in a Rugby World Cup.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Europe/Oceania qualifying play-off
Samoa played Germany in a Europe/Oceania play-off for direct qualification to the World Cup. Samoa qualified, winning 108–43 on aggregate, while Germany progressed to the Repechage as runners-up.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Repechage
On 12 July 2018, World Rugby announced that the repechage tournament would be hosted at the neutral venue of the Pierre-Delort Stadium in Marseille, France.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Repechage, Asia/Oceania play-off
The winner of this home and away play-off, Hong Kong, earned the right to compete in the repechage after winning the series 77–3 on aggregate.


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Repechage, Repechage final tournament, Teams and table
Final standings (continental qualifying path of each team and world ranking in brackets):


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Repechage, Repechage final tournament, Fixtures
Touch judges:Joy Neville (Ireland)Anthony Woodthorpe (England)Television match official:Olly Hodges (Ireland)


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Repechage, Repechage final tournament, Fixtures
Touch judges:George Clancy (Ireland)Sara Cox (England)Television match official:Olly Hodges (Ireland)


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Repechage, Repechage final tournament, Fixtures
Touch judges:George Clancy (Ireland)Thomas Charabas (France)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications, Repechage, Repechage final tournament, Fixtures
Touch judges:Sara Cox (England)Thomas Charabas (France)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2019 Rugby X Tournament
The 2019 Rugby X Tournament was held on 29 October, 2019 at The O2 Arena. The entire men and women's competitions were held the same day, as games only last ten minutes in total. Both tournaments featured national Rugby sevens teams from each that were represented. The men's tournament featured six teams between two groups. All teams qualified for the knock-out phase, as group play only positioned teams based on their final rank. The women's tournament only featured four teams; thus, the tournament only included a knock-out phase. This also included a third and fourth place game, which the men's tournament did not.


2019 Runnymede Borough Council election
Elections for Runnymede Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019 alongside nationwide local elections. Due to changes to the ward boundaries, all 41 seats on the Council were up for election.


2019 Rushcliffe Borough Council election
The 2019 Rushcliffe Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Rushcliffe Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Rushmoor Borough Council election
The 2019 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2019 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Penza, Russia between 6–10 March 2019.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships
The 2019 Russian Athletics Championships was held from 24–27 July at the Olympic Stadium in Cheboksary. It was the seventh time that the capital of the Chuvash Republic hosted the event. The four-day competition featured 40 track and field events and was attended by 731 athletes from 72 regions of the country.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Championships
During 2018, Russian championships were held in various cities in individual athletics disciplines:


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Mountain Running
The 20th Russian Mountain Running Championship (uphill) was held on 30 March at Mount Beshtau in Zheleznovodsk, Stavropol Krai. A total of 72 participants (46 men and 26 women) from 25 regions of the country started the competition.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Spring Cross Country
The 2019 Russian Spring Cross Championships was held on 26 April in the city of Suzdal, Vladimir Oblast. The course was in a looped format on a kilometre-long course with numerous turns. Four senior races were attended by 97 runners (53 men and 44 women) from 35 regions of Russia. For the first time since 2004, the spring cross championship was not held in Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast. Suzdal became only the fifth city to host the country's championship in cross country running.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Marathon
The 2019 Russian Marathon Championships was held on 5 May in the city of Kazan as part of the Kazan Marathon. The course had an incline in the first half around the Millennium Bridge, but the rest of the course was flat.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Marathon
Prior to the event, Stepan Kiselev and Iskander Yadgarov had promoted the idea of a duel between the two on social media, with the organizers of the marathon casting it as a professional versus amateur contest. Yadgarov, a programmer at Yandex, said he would take on professional Russian marathon runners, with national champion Kiselev serving as his role model. Competitions were held in warm and sunny weather (about 20 degrees Celsius at the finish). A total of 81 marathon runners (49 men and 32 women) from 34 regions of Russia were at the start line. The reigning champion, Alexei Reunkov, did not defend his title due to an injured Achilles tendon.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, 24-hour run
The Russian 24-hour Championships was held on 10–11 May 2019 at the Iskra Stadium in Moscow as part of the XXVIII Super Day Marathon. A total of 53 athletes from 28 regions of Russia (37 men and 16 women) took to the start. For the first time in the history of the championships of Russia, all three women medalists showed results above 230 km, and four participants fulfilled the standard of an international-class master of sports (225 km). The winners were  24-hour run debutants Valery Dolzhikov (257,061 m) and Tatyana Fomina (233,380 m).


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Mountain Running (uphill and downhill)
The 21st Russian Mountain Running Championship (uphill and downhill) was held on 18 May in the village of Toksovo, Leningrad Oblast. Competitions were held at the sports base of the local Military Institute of Physical Culture, where a 1.7 km long lap with a height difference of 200 m. A total of 59 participants (34 men and 25 women) from 14 regions of Russia came to the start. Ruslan Khoroshilov became the first man to win the national titles in all three types of mountain running, having won the uphill race in 2015 and the long distance race in 2017.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Combined Events
The Russian Combined Events Championships were determined on 14–16 June in Smolensk. The competition was attended by 39 athletes (28 men and 11 women) from 18 regions of the country. The championship was held at the stadium of the Smolensk Academy of Physical Culture.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Race Walking
The Russian Race Walking Championships was held on 15–16 June in Cheboksary along the city's promenade. A total of 65 athletes (39 men and 26 women) from 13 regions of the country took part in the competition. Claudia Afanasyeva defended her women's 50 km walk title in 3:57.08, which exceeded the world record of 3:59.15 by Liu Hong, but was not ratified due to Russia's international ban due to doping and the absence of foreign judges.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Race Walking
In February 2019, three of the four Russian walking champions (Shirobokov, Sharypov, Afanasyeva) received warnings from RUSADA for forbidden cooperation with the trainer Viktor Chegin, who was suspended for life in 2016 for numerous doping violations of his athletes. Another champion, Elena Lashmanova, trained for a long time under the guidance of Chegin, and from 2014 to 2016 she was suspended from the competition due to a positive doping test.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Trail running
The inaugural Russian Trail Championships was held on 6 July in Karpinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, as part of the 24th Konzhak Mountain Marathon. In 2015, the IAAF officially recognized trail running as an athletics discipline and the Russian Ministry of Sports followed the body's lead with a national-level decision in 2017.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Trail running
Participants overcame a 38.5 km long track laid along the slopes of Konzhakovsky Kamen Mountain. A total of 28 runners (20 men and 8 women) from 11 regions of the country were entered. Around 1,400 people entered the non-championship element of the race and the official championship winners were beaten by Yevgeny Markov (2:57.54), Antonina Yushina (3:35.13) and Anna Medvedeva (3:58.58), who had not been nominated by their region.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Relay
The Russian Relay Championships was held from 8–9 September in Adlersky City District at the stadium of the Yunost sports complex.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Half marathon
The Russian Half Marathon Championships was held on 15 September in Yaroslavl as part of the VI Golden Ring Half Marathon. The race started and finished in Strelka Park and had a 10.55 km lon switchback course through the city. A total of 72 athletes from 32 regions of the country (38 men and 34 women) took to the start. Competitions were held in cool weather (about 12 degrees Celsius).


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, 100 km
The Russian 100 km Championships was held on 15 September in Bryansk as part of the Bryansk Forest Running Festival. Competitions took place in the Central Park of Culture and Rest on a kilometre-long circular circuit. Participants covered 100 laps in cool and clear weather (7 degrees Celsius at the start, 15 degrees at the finish); the second half of the distance was affected by a strong wind. A total of 22 athletes from 17 regions of the country (13 men and 9 women) took to the start.


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Autumn Cross Country
The Russian Autumn Cross Country Championships was held from 12–13 October in Orenburg. Two senior races were attended by 59 runners from 24 regions of Russia (38 men and 21 women).


2019 Russian Athletics Championships, Long-distance Mountain Running
The 13th Russian Long Distance Mountain Running Championship took place on 30 October in Krasnaya Polyana, Krasnodar Krai. A total of 25 participants (12 men and 13 women) from 10 regions of Russia entered the races.


2019 Russian Circuit Racing Series
The 2019 SMP Russian Circuit Racing Series is the sixth season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It is the fifth season with TCR class cars.


2019 Russian Circuit Racing Series, Teams and drivers, S1600 Junior
All teams and drivers are Russian-registered and used the cars Volkswagen Polo Se.


2019 Russian Circuit Racing Series, Calendar and results
The 2019 schedule was announced on 21 November 2018, with all events scheduled to be held in Russia.


2019 Russian Circuit Racing Series, Championship standings, Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship
In the Russian Championship only pilots with a Russian racing license earn points, foreign pilots take part only in conducted at five stages in Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, ADM, Moscow and Sochi. The winner of the international classification was Dmitry Bragin, the second Klim Gavrilov and the third Kirill Ladygin.


2019 Russian Circuit Racing Series, Championship standings, Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2019 Russian Cup Final
The 2019 Russian Cup Final was the 26th Russian Cup Final, the final match of the 2018–19 Russian Cup. It was played at Samara Arena in Samara, Russia, on 22 May 2019, contested by Lokomotiv Moscow and Ural Yekaterinburg. Lokomotiv Moscow won the match 1–0, with the only goal coming from Dmitri Barinov in the 27th minute. Since Lokomotiv Moscow had already qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Arsenal Tula will enter the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 2019) were held from 19 to 23 December 2018 in Saransk. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results were among the criteria used to select Russia's teams to the 2019 European Championships and 2019 World Championships.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Competitions
In the 2018–19 season, Russian skaters competed in domestic qualifying events and national championships for various age levels. The Russian Cup series will lead to three events – the Russian Championships, the Russian Junior Championships, and the Russian Cup Final.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Senior Championships
The 2019 Senior Championships were held in Saransk, Mordovia from 19 to 23 December 2018. Competitors qualified through international success or by competing in the Russian Cup series' senior-level events.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Senior Championships
There are three separate basis for qualification. 1. Qualification based on receiving 2018–19 Grand Prix assignment. 2 . Qualification based on qualifying for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final. However, skaters must have been born in 2004 or earlier to be qualified for the Russian senior championships. 3. Qualification based on Russian Cup series' results.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Senior Championships, Entries
The Russian figure skating federation published the full list of entries on 12 December 2018.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Junior Championships
The 2019 Russian Junior Championships (Russian: Первенство России среди юниоров 2019) were held in Perm, Perm Krai from 31 January to 4 February 2019. Competitors qualified through international success or by competing in the Russian Cup series' junior-level events. The results of the Junior Championships are part of the selection criteria for the 2019 World Junior Championships.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Junior Championships
There are two separate basis for qualification. 1. Qualification based on competing at the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix series. 2 . Qualification based on Russian Cup series' junior-level results.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Junior Championships, Entries
The Russian figure skating federation published the full list of entries on 30 January 2019.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, European Championships
Russia's team to the 2019 European Championships was published on 23 December 2018.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Winter Universiade
The list with preliminary entries of the Russia's team to the 2019 Winter Universiade was published on 23 December 2018. The final list was approved on 22 February 2019.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Russia's team to the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was published on 1 February 2019.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships
Russia's team to the 2019 World Junior Championships was published on 8 February 2019.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships
Russia's team to the 2019 World Championships was published on 27 February 2019.


2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Team Trophy
Russia's team to the 2019 World Team Trophy was published on 26 March 2019.


2019 Russian Grand Prix
The 2019 Russian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 September 2019 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia. The race was the 16th round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the 8th running of the Russian Grand Prix and the 6th time the race was held in Sochi.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Background, Championship standings before the race
Entering the round Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes led the drivers and constructors championships by 65 and 133 points respectively. The size of their leads mean that both would still be leading their respective championships after the race regardless of the race's outcome.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Background, Entries
The drivers and teams entered were the same as those for the previous race with no additional stand-in drivers for the race or practice.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Qualifying
After Daniil Kvyat's car suffered an engine failure in the third practice session, a new engine was fitted and the car was not ready in time to take part in qualifying. During the first qualifying session, Alexander Albon lost control of the rear of his Red Bull at turn 13, sending him spinning into the barriers. Albon was uninjured, and the session was stopped as the car was recovered. The damaged floor of his car was replaced and this meant that Albon would be required to start the race from the pitlane.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Race
Before the lights went out, Kimi Räikkönen made a false start and was later issued a drive-through penalty. As the cars set off, Sebastian Vettel was aided by the slipstream on the straight before turn two, overtaking Lewis Hamilton and pole-sitter Charles Leclerc for the lead. Carlos Sainz Jr. also benefited from this effect, overtaking Valtteri Bottas into the same corner. On the opening lap, Antonio Giovinazzi was squeezed by Romain Grosjean and Daniel Ricciardo going into turn five. Grosjean was launched into the barriers, causing his seventh retirement of the season.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Race
Ricciardo and Giovinazzi both took aerodynamic damage in the incident, with Ricciardo also suffering a left-rear tyre puncture, but both cars were able to continue the race for the time being. The safety car was deployed whilst Grosjean's car was recovered, during which Ricciardo and Robert Kubica made pit stops for new tyres. Williams then decided to pit Kubica again on the following lap to switch from hard to medium-compound tyres. The stewards later deemed the three-car collision a racing incident, and no action was taken.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Race
Racing resumed at the end of lap three. During the following few laps, it emerged via team radio that Ferrari had anticipated Vettel would utilise the slipstream to overtake Leclerc at the start of the race. The team's plan was to build a gap to Hamilton in third, and then order Vettel to move aside and allow his teammate to retake the lead. However, Vettel refused to yield, claiming that Leclerc was too far behind and slowing to let his teammate through would risk also letting Hamilton through. Bottas made it past Sainz's McLaren on lap seven, and by lap 17, Max Verstappen had passed Sainz to take fifth place after starting the race in ninth.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Race
After Leclerc had previously told his team over radio that he expected to be swapped with Vettel later into the race, Ferrari brought him in for a pit stop at the end of lap 22. Vettel was left out until the end of lap 26, by which point his tyres had degraded and he emerged from the pits behind his teammate, as Leclerc had requested. At the same time, Ricciardo's car was retired from the race after Renault decided that the damage suffered in the first lap incident was too great to continue.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Race
On his out-lap from the pits, Vettel reported the failure of the MGU-K, a part of the car's hybrid power unit. Initially hoping he could make it back to the pits to avoid a safety car being deployed, he was forced to pull over to the side of the track at turn 16 after the team were concerned that going any further would cause more damage to the car. A virtual safety car period was initiated whilst Vettel's car was recovered, during which the two leading Mercedes cars made their pit stops, allowing Hamilton to take over the lead of the race from Leclerc.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Race
On lap 28, during the virtual safety car period, George Russell went straight on at turn nine and into the barriers. Williams later revealed that this was caused by a wheel nut issue. At the end of the same lap, Williams decided to retire Kubica in order to conserve parts for the next race, leading to a double retirement for the team. The virtual safety car was upgraded to a full safety car after Russell's crash. Ferrari brought Leclerc in for a pit stop on lap 30, during the safety car, switching him to soft-compound tyres, the same as the leading Mercedes cars even though it meant Leclerc dropped from second to third place.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Race
The safety car came in on lap 33. During the next 20 laps, Leclerc attempted to catch up with and overtake Bottas, but was ultimately unsuccessful. Kevin Magnussen ran wide at turn two on lap 44 after an overtake attempt by Sergio Pérez. Magnussen failed to drive around both penalty bollards, and was later issued with a 5-second time penalty as a result. This dropped him from eighth to ninth place at the end of the race.


2019 Russian Grand Prix, Race
Alexander Albon, who started the race from the pit lane and was in ninth place at the safety car restart, fought through the field and overtook Sainz for fifth place on lap 49, equalling his best career finish. Hamilton crossed the line to take victory, marking his and Mercedes's first win since the summer break, and Bottas finishing second resulted in the first Mercedes 1–2 finish since the British Grand Prix.


2019 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2019 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships was the 28th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), which serves as the Russian national indoor championship for the sport. A total of 24 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over three days from 13–15 February at the Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow.


2019 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
Due to ongoing international sanctions for doping against the Russian governing body, the competition did not serve as a selection meet for the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.


2019 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
In addition to the main track and field championship, national championship events were held separately for the indoor mile on 3 February in Moscow, and for combined track and field events from 13–16 February in Kirov.


2019 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships
The women's high jump saw world-class performances from Mariya Lasitskene and Anna Chicherova, both of whom cleared 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in). Anzhelika Sidorova had her sixth consecutive win in the women's pole vault, while Vladimir Nikitin (3000 m) and Kristina Sivkova (60 m) each won their third national indoor titles.


2019 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, Russian Indoor Mile Championships
The Russian Indoor Mile Championships was held on 3 February 2019 in Moscow at the Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA. A total of 34 athletes from 16 regions of the country (20 men and 14 women) took to the start. Vladimir Nikitin set a new Russian indoor record of 3:54.77 minutes to win the men's race while runner-up Konstantin Plokhotnikov set a national youth record of 3:58.62 minutes. Svetlana Aplachkina won the women's race in 4:31.51 minutes.


2019 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships, Russian Combined Events Championships
The Russian Combined Events Championships were held from 13–16 February at the Veresniki Stadium in Kirov, Kirov Oblast. The leading men's athletes, Ilya Shkurenyov and Artyom Makarenko were both absent. Andrei Fomichev won his first title in the heptathlon, though his score of 5556 points was the lowest winning score in championship history. Maria Pavlova won her second national indoor title in the pentathlon.


2019 Russian Men's Curling Championship
The 2019 Russian Men's Curling Championship (Russian: Чемпионат России по кёрлингу среди мужчин 2019) was held in Sochi from April 15 to 21, 2019.


2019 Russian Men's Curling Cup
The 2019 Russian Men's Curling Cup (Russian: Кубок России среди мужских команд 2019) was held from December 2 to 6 at the Ice Cube Curling Center arena in Sochi.


2019 Russian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2019 Russian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (Russian: Чемпионат России по кёрлингу среди смешанных пар 2019) was held in Sochi from January 24 to 27, 2019.


2019 Russian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
First 14 teams (3 top teams from each group and 2 from additional qualification round for 4th-placed teams) qualified to next year championship. Champions team represented Russia on 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.


2019 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships
The Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships 2019 (also known as the Russian Nationals 2019) was held in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai by the Russian Wrestling Federation at the Iceberg Skating Palace between 5 July to 7 July 2019.


2019 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships
All of the members of the European Games 2019 were released from Russian Nationals (Zaur Uguev, Akhmed Chakaev, Zaurbek Sidakov, Dauren Kurugliev, Abdulrashid Sadulaev and Anzor Khizriev). They faced Russian National champions for making World Team.


2019 Russian Open (badminton)
The 2019 Russian Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Sport Hall Olympic in Vladivostok, Russia, from 16 to 21 July 2019 and had a total purse of $75,000.


2019 Russian Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2019 Russian Open was the fourth Super 100 tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Russian Open championships, which had been held since 1992. This tournament was organized by the National Badminton Federation of Russia and sanctioned by the BWF.


2019 Russian Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Sport Hall Olympic in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.


2019 Russian Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.


2019 Russian Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$75,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Russian Super Cup
The 2019 Russian Super Cup (Russian: Суперкубок России) was the 17th annual Russian Super Cup match which was contested between the 2018–19 Russian Premier League champion, Zenit Saint Petersburg, and the 2018–19 Russian Cup winner, Lokomotiv Moscow. The final was played at VTB Arena.


2019 Russian Women's Curling Championship
The 2019 Russian Women's Curling Championship (Russian: Чемпионат России по кёрлингу среди женщин 2019) was held in Sochi from April 6 to 13, 2019.


2019 Russian Women's Curling Cup
The 2019 Russian Women's Curling Cup (Russian: Кубок России среди женских команд 2019) was held from December 18 to 22 at the Ice Cube Curling Center arena in Sochi.


2019 Russian Women's Football Championship
The 2019 Russian Women's Football Championship was the 28th season of the Russian women's football top level league. Ryazan-VDV were the defending champions.


2019 Russian regional elections
The 2019 Russian regional elections took place on 8 September 2019 for the election of governors in 19 subjects, among which 16 by direct votes and 3 by indirect votes, and of legislatives bodies in 13 subjects.


2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Scarlet Knights played their home games at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey and competed as members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Ash. On September 29, 2019, Ash was fired after 31⁄3 seasons as head coach. He posted an overall record of 8–32 and 3–26 in Big Ten play. Nunzio Campanile was their interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They finished the season 2–10, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Previous season
The Scarlet Knights finished the 2018 season 1–11, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Offseason
Andy Buh was hired as defensive coordinator on January 21, 2019. He had previously served in the same position for three years at Maryland. Henry Baker, who served as cornerbacks coach for Rutgers in 2017 but coached at North Carolina in 2018, was hired back as cornerbacks coach and passing game coordinator.


2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Rutgers was projected to finish in last in the East Division.


2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Schedule
Rutgers' 2019 schedule will begin on August 30 with a non-conference game against UMass, a football independent. The Scarlet Knights' other non-conference games will be against Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Liberty, also an independent. In Big Ten Conference play, Rutgers will play all members of the East Division and draws Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois from the West Division.


2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team
The 2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team represented the Rutgers University–New Brunswick during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The program was coached by 1st year head coach, Jim McElderry, who had previously coached Fordham. It was the 82nd season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and their 6th season in the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team, Team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Rutgers was predicted to finish ninth in the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Rutland County Council election
The 2019 Rutland County Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rutland County Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. New boundaries were used in this election and the number of councillors increased from 26 to 27.


2019 Ryedale District Council election
The 2019 Ryedale District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Ryedale District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Réunion Premier League
The 2019 Réunion Premier League is the 70th season of the Réunion Premier League, the professional league for association football clubs in Réunion, since the league's establishment in 1950. The season started on 17 March 2019.


2019 Río Piedras shooting
On October 14, 2019, six people were killed during a shootout between drug gangs in a gun battle at the Ernesto Ramos Antonini de Río Piedras residential apartments in the Río Piedras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico.


2019 Río Piedras shooting
The shooting led to alarm partly because it followed an earlier shooting in the same area that resulted in 2 deaths. News reports were of earlier shootings in other areas, one in Cayey resulting in 3 deaths and another in a gas station that resulted in 3 deaths. The first in this series of massacres was 3 people in Ciales on June 10.


2019 Río Piedras shooting, Reactions
The governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced, held emergency meetings.


2019 Río Piedras shooting, Reactions
In The Bronx, NY a vigil for the victims was held.


2019 S5000 season
The CAMS Australian S5000 Championship held two "launch events" or exhibition meetings in 2019, prior to the inaugural championship season in 2021. These meetings were held as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships, at Sandown Raceway on 21 and 22 September and The Bend Motorsport Park on 16 and 17 November.


2019 S5000 season, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the races. As the championship is a spec series, all competitors raced with an identical Onroak-Ligier chassis powered by a naturally-aspirated 5.0-litre Ford Coyote V8 engine.


2019 S5000 season, Race calendar and meeting format
A provisional calendar had initially been announced in 2018, with Sydney Motorsport Park as the season opener and The Bend Motorsport Park as the concluding round. However, after the organisers announced that the series would be delayed four months due to supply issues as well as further S5000 car testing, the first race of the series was pushed back to 22 September, 2019 at Sandown Raceway.


2019 S5000 season, Race calendar and meeting format
At each meeting, a qualifying session, two qualifying heats and a Main Event were held. Meeting points were awarded to the fastest six qualifiers in qualifying. Drivers in the top 75% of the field then selected their grid position for the first qualifying heat (held on Saturday), with the top ten positions reversed for the second qualifying heat, held on Sunday. The grid for the Main Event was defined by the points earned by the drivers across the weekend, held later on Sunday.


2019 SAFF U-15 Championship
The 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship will be the 6th edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by India at Kalyani Stadium from August 21 to August 31, 2019. Five teams from the region will take part.


2019 SAFF U-15 Championship
Bangladesh is the defending champion. They have won previous season title by beating Pakistan 1(3)−1(2) penalties shoot out on 3 November 2018.


2019 SAFF U-15 Championship, Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.


2019 SAFF U-15 Championship, Participating teams
Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet. However, due to some internal problems in their federation , they have withdrawn. A letter to reconfirm their entry was sent by SAFF, Pakistan said they would not be able to participate.


2019 SAFF U-15 Championship, Round Robin
All the five teams will play each other in a round robin phase and the top two teams will play the final.


2019 SAFF U-15 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 60 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 5.45 goals per match.


2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
The 2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, an international football competition for women's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Thimpu, Bhutan from 9 October to 15 October 2019. Four teams from the region will take part.


2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.


2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, Round robin
All the four teams will play each other in a round robin phase and the top two teams will play the final.


2019 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, Goalscorers
There were 25 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.


2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
The 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship will be the 3rd edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament will be hosted by Nepal from September 20 to 29 September 2019.


2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
Nepal were the defending champions, having won both the previous editions in 2015 and 2017, however they lost in Group Stage.


2019 SAFF U-18 Championship, Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom had to be goalkeepers.


2019 SAFF U-18 Championship, Participating teams
Pakistan had sent their entry for the meet and they were placed in Group A. However, due to failure to appoint a normalisation committee federation, they withdrew from the tournament.


2019 SAFF U-18 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 23 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.


2019 SAFF Women's Championship
The 2019 SAFF Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). Initially, scheduled from 17 to 26 December 2018 in Sri Lanka, the competition was rescheduled, as Sri Lanka withdrew as hosts. Afterwards, it was scheduled to be held in 2019 from 12–22 March and to be hosted by Nepal. India won the tournament by defeating Nepal 3–1 in the final.


2019 SAFF Women's Championship, Participating teams
Defending champions India and Bangladesh were pitted in Group B and Group A respectively. In Group A, Nepal who finished second in the first three editions of the tournament were drawn with 2016 runners-up Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan and in Group B, along with India, Maldives and Sri Lanka are placed. Afghanistan will not be playing in SAFF championships from this edition though they played in the 2016 edition even after changing their sub-confederation from SAFF to CAFF in 2014.


2019 SAFF Women's Championship, Participating teams
The Pakistan withdraws participation in the fifth edition of the 2019 SAFF Women's Championship.


2019 SAFF Women's Championship, Venue
The Sahid Rangsala in Biratnagar, Province No. 1, Nepal serves as the host venue for the SAFF Women's Championship.


2019 SAFF Women's Championship, Group stage
The group stage draw for the tournament was held on 13 November 2018 at the South Asian Football Federation head office in Dhaka.


2019 SAFF Women's Championship, Goalscorers
There were 33 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.


2019 SANFL Grand Final
The 2019 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) grand final was a match at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, 22 September to determine the premiers for the 2019 SANFL season.


2019 SANFL Grand Final
The match was won by Glenelg who defeated Port Adelaide by 28 points to win their first Premiership since 1986 and their 5th overall.


2019 SANFL Grand Final, Background
Glenelg finished the 2019 SANFL season as the minor premiers for the first time since 2009 SANFL season. It was also Glenelg's first finals campaign since 2011 SANFL season. Port Adelaide were solid for most of the 2019 SANFL season, especially towards the second half where they won 10 out of 11 matches going into the finals. Glenelg was the only team to beat Port Adelaide in the last 11 matches and the only team to beat Port Adelaide twice during the season.


2019 SANFL Grand Final, Background
Glenelg had the first week off of the finals as minor premiers. Norwood beat Sturt in the Elimination Final, while Port Adelaide ran over Adelaide during the last quarter of a Showdown Qualifying Final. Week 2 of the finals saw Norwood get rolled by Adelaide in a one-sided affair during the Semi-Final, while Glenelg looked flat after the week off and it dropped its first game to Port Adelaide for the year narrowly losing in the last quarter and allowing the Magpies to book their ticket to the Grand Final.


2019 SANFL Grand Final, Background
So the stage was set for a cracking Preliminary Final between Glenelg and Adelaide. Glenelg broke the game open early leaving the Adelaide behind in the contest all match and eventually run over Adelaide 105 to 78. This set up an exciting Grand Final for the SANFL as Port Adelaide and Glenelg have shared an intense rivalry for decades.


2019 SANFL Grand Final, Background
Glenelg beat Port Adelaide in its first Premiership year during the 1934 SANFL Grand Final, however Port Adelaide have had the wood over the Bays for the remainder of their future Grand Final meetings beating them in 1977 SANFL Grand Final, 1981 SANFL Grand Final, 1988 SANFL Grand Final, 1990 SANFL Grand Final, 1992 SANFL Grand Final. This was sure set to be a great contest for both clubs.


2019 SANFL Grand Final, Background
The day was cold and wet early on, creating rough conditions for a clean skilled match. Like the Preliminary Final Glenelg found voice early on and kicked the first 4 goals of the match. This set the tone early on in which Glenelg had entire control of the game and run out winners 11.7 (73) d 6.9 (45), winning their first premiership in 33 Years and first one over Port Adelaide for 85 Years.


2019 SANFL Grand Final, Background
This Premiership broke a long and painful drought for Glenelg in which they lost 1987 SANFL Grand Final, 1988 SANFL Grand Final, 1990 SANFL Grand Final, 1992 SANFL Grand Final and 2008 SANFL Grand Final, but it also took the monkey off its back with Port Adelaide and its inability to beat them on the big stage.


2019 SANFL Women's League season
The 2019 SANFL Women's League season was the third season of the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The season commenced on 15 February and concluded with the Grand Final on 26 May 2019. The competition was contested by eight clubs (two more than the previous season following the admission of Central District and Woodville-West Torrens), each affiliated with clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL).


2019 SANFL season
The 2019 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Statewide Super League) was the 140th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football competition. The season commenced on Friday, 29 March and concluded with the SANFL Grand Final on Sunday, 22 September. Glenelg won their fifth premiership after defeating Port Adelaide by 28 points in the Grand Final, their first flag since 1986.


2019 SBS Drama Awards
The 2019 SBS Drama Awards (Korean: SBS 연기대상; RR: SBS Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), took place on December 31, 2019 at SBS Prism Tower, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Shin Dong-yup and Jang Na-ra.


2019 SBS Entertainment Awards
The 2019 SBS Entertainment Awards (Korean: SBS 연예대상; RR: SBS Yeon-ye Daesang) presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), took place on December 28, 2019 at SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Park Na-rae and Jo Jeong-sik. The nominees were chosen from SBS variety, talk and comedy shows that aired from December 2018 to November 2019.


2019 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season
The 2019 season is SCG Muangthong United Football Club's 13th existence in the new era since they took over from Nongchok Pittaya Nusorn Football Club in 2007. It is the 3rd season in the Thai League and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of the Thai football league system since promoted in the 2009 season.


2019 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season, Transfer, Pre-season transfer, Out
Note 1: Pitakpong Kulasuwan returned to the team after the loan but transferred to the same team for loan in 2019.


2019 SEC Championship Game
The 2019 SEC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game determined the 2019 champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game featured the East division champions the University of Georgia Bulldogs (Georgia) and the West division champions the Louisiana State University Tigers (LSU). Beginning in 1992, this served as the conference's 28th annual championship game. After a dominating performance by transfer quarterback Joe Burrow, LSU became the 2019 SEC champions winning the game by a final score of 37–10. The strong performance not only earned LSU the 2019 SEC Championship trophy but it contributed to earning the No.1 seed in the 2019 College Football Playoffs. After their loss, Georgia moved to the fifth spot in the rankings and earned a bid to play in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup
Coming into the conference championship game, LSU's Joe Burrow was considered the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy with 4,366 passing yards and 44 passing touchdowns. While Georgia's offense was led by another strong-performing quarterback Jake Fromm, it was Georgia's strong defense that gave them a chance in the game. With both teams ranked in the top 4, aside from the SEC champion title, the game was played for a spot in the playoffs.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup
Additionally, this same match-up in the SEC championship game has occurred 3 times before, once in 2003 where LSU came on top (34-13). In 2005, Georgia's only win of the 3 (34-14) and then once again in 2011 where LSU once again came out on top (42-10).


2019 SEC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Matchups, LSU
LSU finished their 2018 season with a Fiesta Bowl win over #8 UCF, marking their first New Year's Six bowl appearance since the creation of the College Football Playoff (CFP). In 2019, LSU earned their spot in the SEC Championship Game by winning all twelve games of the regular season, beating nationally ranked opponents such as #7 Florida, #9 Auburn and former #3 Alabama. Averaging 560.4 total offensive yards and 48.7 points per game leading up to the SEC Championship Game, LSU's offense was labeled by many outlets as the country's top offense.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Matchups, LSU
Helping Joe Burrow on the offense was junior running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who scored 16 touchdowns and ran for 1,233 yards during the regular season. On the receiving end, Burrow's top receivers were sophomore Ja'Marr Chase, who led the nation in yards with 1,780, and junior Justin Jefferson, who tied for number one in receptions with 111.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Pre-game buildup, Matchups, Georgia
The #4 Georgia Bulldogs ended the previous season with a loss the 2018 SEC Championship Game to the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide led by backup quarterback Jalen Hurts, making it Georgia's second consecutive post-season loss to a 2nd-string Alabama quarterback. In 2019, Georgia earned a bid to play in the SEC Championship Game after starting with a five game winning streak, including a victory over #7 Notre Dame. Their only loss in the regular season came in double-overtime to SEC East opponent South Carolina. Throughout the regular season, Georgia's offense averaged 32.9 points and 420.6 yards per game. Georgia was strongest on defense, leading the SEC in scoring, run, and total defense, allowing only 257 yards on average.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Game summary
The 28th edition of the SEC Championship Game kicked off 4:00pm ET on December 7, 2019. Televised on CBS in the United States, the game earned a Nielsen rating of 7.9. Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Jamie Erdahl, and Gene Steratore were the crew of broadcaster's for the game. The game was played indoors at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game was dominated by LSU's offense and a defense that kept Georgia to three points until the fourth quarter. To start the game, Joe Burrow threw for two touchdowns in the first quarter and both teams settled for a field goal each in the second. The second half showcased two more touchdown passes from Burrow and one touchdown for Georgia in the fourth quarter.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
Georgia received the opening kick-off from Avery Atkins, but punted on their opening possession after only gaining one first down. On LSU's first possession, the Tigers marched 75 yards down the field and opened the scoring with a 23-yard touchdown pass from Joe Burrow to Ja'Marr Chase. After both teams punted on their next drive, Georgia had an opportunity to score late in the first quarter, but Rodrigo Blankenship's 52-yard field goal attempt was no good. On the next drive, LSU scored again, this time on a pass from Burrow to Terrance Marshall Jr.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
Early in the second quarter, Georgia got on the board with a 39-yard field goal by Blankenship. LSU's Cade York converted a 41-yard field goal and also missed a 48-yard attempt in the final minute of the half to make the score 17–3 at half-time.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
On the opening drive of the second half, LSU scored again via a 28-yard field goal by Cade York. After another unsuccessful field goal attempt by the Bulldogs, LSU scored a touchdown on the next possession via a four-yard pass from Burrow to Marshall Jr. Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm was intercepted by LSU's Derek Stingley Jr. on the first play of their next possession, after which the Tigers scored via an eight-yard pass from Burrow to Justin Jefferson to make the score 34–3 at the end of the third quarter.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
In the fourth quarter, Georgia scored their only touchdown on the day via a two-yard pass from Fromm to George Pickens, and LSU added a 50-yard field goal by York to make the final score 37–10.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Post-game significance, Joe Burrow
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow threw for 349 yards and four touchdowns, and was named game MVP. After a season of strong performances, Joe Burrow won the 2019 Heisman Trophy over Oklahoma's Jalen Hurts and Ohio State's Justin Fields. Burrow finished the season with 76.3 completion percentage, 5,671 yards, 60 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Post-game significance, Bowl games
LSU, ranked second in the College Football Playoff rankings before the game, moved up to first in the rankings after the win and secured their place in the national semifinal game against University of Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl also played at Mercedes Benz Stadium. The Georgia football team, ranked fourth prior to the game, moved down to fifth and received a bid to the Sugar Bowl against Baylor. Both team went on to win their individual bowl games and LSU moved onto the National Championship Game to play Clemson.


2019 SEC Championship Game, Post-game significance, National championship
After winning both the SEC conference championship and CFP semifinals, LSU earned a spot in the CFP championship game against the No. 3 Clemson Tigers. The Clemson football team won its way to the national championship after defeating Ohio State in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. The national championship game was played in New Orleans' Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020. LSU came out on top with a score of 42-25 with another strong performance by Joe Burrow with 5 touchdowns and 463 yards to complete LSU's undefeated perfect season.


2019 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
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2019 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from March 13–17, 2019. Auburn defeated Tennessee, 84–64, in the championship game to earn an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.


2019 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, from March 6 through 10, 2019. Mississippi State won its first-ever title to earn an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2019 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the SEC. The LSU Tigers were the defending champions, but they were unable to defend their title after not qualifying for the 2019 tournament.. The South Carolina won the tournament title with a 1–0 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the final. This was the second SEC women's soccer tournament title for South Carolina, and the second for coach Shelley Smith.


2019 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top ten teams earned a berth into the SEC Tournament. The tournament is held at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.


2019 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament, Schedule
All matches are played at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team
The 2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team represented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the school's 53rd season. The Cougars were led by first-year head coach Cale Wassermann. The team played their home games on Bob Guelker Field at the Ralph Korte Stadium as an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
Sixteen players returned from the 2018 team, along with one player who was redshirted as a freshman and fifth-year midfielder Carl Hinkson who would be in and out of the lineup while he also played on the Barbados national team. Twelve of the returners started at least one game for the 2018 Cougars; Hinkson started 29 games for the Cougars as a sophomore and junior before missing all of last season with injuries. The team is joined by eight freshmen, a sophomore coming from a development program, and two student-athletes who transferred from other schools.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
The Cougars played two preseason exhibition games. They played the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes from the American Athletic Conference to a 1–1 draw at Korte Stadium. In Lexington, Kentucky the Cougars faced the #8 ranked Kentucky Wildcats, the defending champion of Conference USA which advanced to their Regional Final before falling to eventual NCAA Champions Maryland. UK took a 2–0 lead before the Cougars made it 2–1 at halftime, then scored two second half goals for a 3–2.victory.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In the poll of MAC head coaches, the Cougars were picked to finish 4th, behind, Akron, Western Michigan, and West Virginia.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Men's National Top 100 list of their top 100 Division I soccer players, Jorge Gonzalez was #64,. In the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Men's Conference Top 20 for the Mid-American Conference, Jorge Gonzalez was #4, Lachlan McLean was #13, and Noah Heim was #18.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars opened the season on the road in East Lansing, home of the #7 ranked Michigan State Spartans. Although the Spartans dominated the statistics, the game was fairly evenly played, with most of the home team's shots coming in a couple of attacking flurries. For most of the game, the two teams took turns intercepting passes and having their passes intercepted. SIUE goalkeeper Noah Heim's play was outstanding. Among his eight saves were a couple of spectacular ones, including stopping a penalty kick late in the second extra time period. After 110 minutes of hard play, the Cougars and Spartans settled for a 0–0 draw.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
For his play in the Michigan state game, Noah Heim was chosen as the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week and was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In a Labor Day game at #24 Michigan, the Cougars yielded an early 4th-minute goal to the Wolverines' solid team play. For the rest of the first half and into the second, the Cougars were defensively strong, but displayed astonishingly inept passing, sending balls between two teammates, straight to Wolverines, to nobody in particular, and to "nobody there." Then in the 75th minute, Vincent Jackson II  broke down the right side, evading defenders, and fired a crossing pass to Jorge Gonzalez, who headed it into the goal to tie the match.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the 87th minute, goalkeeper Noah Heim shanked a goal kick that bounced off one Wolverine to another Michigan player with a wide open net in front of him, and the home team regained the lead. A minute and a half later, a Michigan player was open on the right with Heim caught to the left, and his crossing shot into the right corner of the goal gave Michigan a 3–1 win.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars had an explosive start to their home opener versus former MVC rival Evansville. Senior co-captain Lachlan McLean opened the scoring with an unassisted goal from the top of the box in only the second minute of play. Little more than two and a half minutes later, Jorge Gonzales was fouled just outside the box and fired his free kick past the Purple Aces keeper for a 2–0 SIUE lead.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Another two and a half minutes later, freshman Jacob Bilyeu stole a pass and fired the ball into the upper left of the net for his first goal and a 3–0 lead in only the eighth minute of play. The two teams caught their breath and traded possessions for the next twenty-plus minutes, then Mathias Krigbaum fed a pass to Vincent Jackson II, who  also scored his first goal as a Cougar in the thirtieth minute, and it was 4–0.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Once the Aces somewhat recovered from the initial SIUE onslaught, they came together and turned on an intense attack of their own against the Cougars' makeshift back line composed entirely of midfielders. Outshooting the Cougare 8–5 for the half, Evansville got its first goal in the 36th minute, and the teams went to the locker rooms with a 4–1 advantage for the home team. In the second half, the visitors continued their hard-pressing attack, again outshooting the home side and challenging Noah Heim by putting every single shot on goal.


2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Purple team scored its second goal in the 66th minute when the Aces' Graham was fouled just outside the box and received a yellow card for his comments before rocketing his free kick past Heim. .The visitors added one more goal in the 81st minute, but their three goals were offset by Heim's nine saves that tied his career high for a game. SIUE now takes a week to prepare for the 28th renewal of the Bronze Boot series and 37th meeting between the Cougars and the Billikens.